Pat Summitt Quotes

I do think you can't be as good as the person next to you to play: you have to be better.

Whoever plays well on a given day, that player wins.

The world is but a school of inquisition; it is not who shall enter the ring, but who shall run the best courses.

If you're not the best in the world at what you do, then you have to get better.

I want to be the best, it's not about the ranking, it's about being consistent.

It is never possible to guarantee success, it is only possible to deserve it.

Whether I played marbles, whether I played football or slam anything else, I wanted to excel.

The thing I like most about football is it's a meritocracy.

Somehow, people act like I have no competition, but the thing is, the competition is so good that it forces me to be better than I even thought was possible.

Talent doesn't always equal success.

Baseball gives every American boy a chance to excel, not just to be as good as someone else but to be better than someone else. This is the nature of man and the name of the game.

We tried to convince people that we didn’t have to be last in everything.

Win with ability, not with numbers.

Anyone in the game can make any score.

There's a lot of garbage, and then there are those ones that just stand out so incredibly. You fight for those roles; you do everything in your power to get it.

When you play well, when you perform, you have to show every game that you are that good.

You always want to play with the best.

I like competing against the very best.

Don't hate, just play better, and then get that money.

David Haye was a better fighter than me, but it's not about the better fighter because the better fighter does not always win.

You're only as good as your opportunities in this game and you're lucky to get some opportunities.

Whether I win or not, it won't be down to inexperience and hopefully it won't be down to some sort of mental misjudgment.

I didn't want to come back and be mediocre; I wanted to hang in with the girls, and I wanted to prove myself every week.

When I am No. 2, and I am working as hard as I can, then quite often the keeper ahead starts to raise his game even more.

There are so many strong players that everything has to go right for you to win.